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History of Computer: Compilation From Varied Sources

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History of Computer

Compilation from varied sources


Earliest Computer
Human computers

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“Computer“ (1613)
- referring to a person who carried
out calculations, or computations,
and the word continued to be used
in that sense until the middle of
the 20th century.
Pascaline (Mechanical
Calculator

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Pascaline (Mechanical Calculator)

• Invented by Blaise Pascal in 1642


for his father, a tax collector.
• It was limited to addition and
subtraction.
• It is too expensive.
Stepped Reckoner

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Stepped Reckoner
• Invented by Gottfried Wilhelm
Leibniz, expanded Pascal’s
calculator, in 1672.
• The machine that can add,
subtract, multiply and divide
automatically.
Tally Stick

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Tally stick
an ancient memory aid device
to record and document
numbers, quantities, or even
messages.
Abacus

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Abacus
• a mechanical device used to aid an
individual in performing mathematical
calculations.
• invented in Babylonia in 2400 B.C.
• first used in China in around 500 B.C.
• used to perform basic arithmetic
operations
Napier’s bones

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• Napier’s Bones
- John Napier in 1614.
- multiply, divide and calculate square and
cube roots by moving the rods around and
placing them in specially constructed
boards.
Slide Rule

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Slide Rule
• Invented William Oughtred in1622
- based on Napier's ideas about
logarithms.
- Used primarily for – multiplication –
division – roots – logarithms –
Trigonometry
Jacquard Loom
• The Jacquard loom is a mechanical loom,
invented by Joseph-Marie Jacquard in
1881.
• It an automatic loom controlled by
punched cards.
Jacquard Loom
• Punched card
Arithmometer
Arithmometer
• A mechanical calculator invented by
Thomas de Colmar in 1820,
• The first reliable, useful and commercially
successful calculating machine.
• The machine could perform the four basic
mathematic functions.
• The first mass-produced calculating
machine.
Charles Babbage
• Father of computer
• Invented the Difference Engine
and Analytical Engine
Analytical Engine
Difference Engine
• It an automatic, mechanical
calculator designed to tabulate
polynomial functions.
• First complete design for an
automatic calculating engine.
Difference Engine
Analytical Engine
• A general-purpose programmable computing
engine.
• The Engine had a 'Store' where numbers and
intermediate results could be held, and a
separate 'Mill' where the arithmetic
processing was performed
• It is the first mechanical computer
Analytical Engine
First Computer Programmer
• In 1840, Augusta Ada Byron
suggests to Babbage that he use
the binary system.
• She writes programs for the
Analytical Engine.
Augusta Ada Byron or Ada Lovelace
Scheutzian Calculation Engine
• Invented by Per Georg Scheutz in
1843.
• Based on Charles Babbage's
difference engine.
• The first printing calculator.
Scheutzian Calculation Engine
Tabulating Machine
• Invented by Herman Hollerith in
1890.
• To assist in summarizing
information and accounting.
Tabulating Machine
Havard Mark 1
• Also known as IBM Automatic
Sequence Controlled Calculator
(ASCC).
• Invented by Howard H. Aiken in 1943
• The first electro-mechanical
computer.
Harvard Mark 1
Z1
• The first programmable computer.
• Created by Konrad Zuse in Germany
from 1936 to 1938. To program the
Z1 required that the user insert
punch tape into a punch tape reader
and all output was also generated
through punch tape.
Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC)

• It was the first electronic digital


computing device.
• Invented by Professor John Atanasoff
and graduate student Clifford Berry
at Iowa State University between
1939 and 1942.
Atanasoff-Berry Computer
ENIAC stands for Electronic Numerical
Integrator and Computer.

• It was the first electronic general


purpose computer.
• Developed by John Presper Eckert
and John W. Mauchl.
ENIAC
The First Portable Computer
• Osborne 1 – the first portable
computer.
• Released in 1981 by the Osborne
Computer Corporation.
Osborne 1

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